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half-conscious

British  

adjective

  1. only partially alert and awake

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In revisions, you add subtleties that underpin what you set down in that half-conscious state.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023

You don’t want to listen, you just want to hear — in which case, hearing becomes an act of intentional ignorance, a half-conscious refusal that allows you to protect your pleasure from oblivion.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2019

Sylvia George, 27, fanned her son, Mandela Bisa, 2, who lay half-conscious on a bed, hooked up to an intravenous drip.

From New York Times • May 30, 2018

I have Non-Epileptic Attack Syndrome, a condition which causes me to have partial seizures, leaving me unable to walk and half-conscious, although I can still respond up to a point.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2017

Tendai slid to the floor and sat next to the half-conscious Rita.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer